Dudley Registration District

DUDLEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Staffordshire (1837-1912), Worcestershire (1913-66), Staffordshire (1966-74), West Midlands (from 1974).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Brierley Hill, Dudley, Rowley Regis, Sedgley, Tipton, Wordsley.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837-51), 6c (1852-1912), 6b (1913-35), 6c (1935-46), 9D (1946-66), 9B (1966-74), 33 (1974-92).

Table 1A: List of Places in Dudley Registration District (1837-1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Coseley	Staffordshire	1903	1935	Created 30.9.1903 from the part of the parish of Sedgley in Coseley Urban District. See also Table 2, note (b).
Dudley	Worcestershire	1837	1966	Transfererd from Worcestershire to Staffordshire on 1.4.1966. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the Dudley unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (c) to (h).
Dudley	Staffordshire	1966	1974
Dudley Castle Hill	Worcestershire	1837	1889	Transferred from Worcestershire to the county of Staffordshire on 1.4.1889.Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Dudley.
Dudley Castle Hill	Staffordshire	1889	1929
Rowley Regis	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Sedgley	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Tipton	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).

Table 1B: List of Places in Dudley Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Dudley registration district became part of the county of West Midlands on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish (* or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Dudley*	West Midlands	1974		Originally only that part of the unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Dudley. See also Table 2, note (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Dudley Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1883	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Sedgeley, including Barns Meadow at Willingsworth (which became part of the parish of Darlaston on 25.3.1883) to Walsall registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1935	(b)	Lost the parishes of Coseley, Rowley Regis, Sedgley, and Tipton, to Rowley Regis registration district.	121448 in 1931
1.4.1954	(c)	Gained parts of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1954 formed parts of the parishes of Brierley Hill, Coseley, Rowley Regis, and Sedgeley) from Rowley Regis registration district.
1.4.1966	(d)	Gained parts of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Himley and Kinver) from Bilston registration district.
	(e)	Gained parts of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Coseley, Rowley Regis, and Sedgley) from Rowley Regis registration district.
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Stourbridge) from Stourbridge registration district.
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Dudley (which became part of the parish of Warley on 1.4.1966) to Warley West registration district.
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Tipton) from Wednesbury registration district.
1.6.2002	(i)	Gained the remaining part of the Dudley unparished area from Stourbridge registration district.

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